Indestructible cork for bottles.



No. 690,@l3. Patented Dec. 3|, l90l.

D. CHAMBERS.

INDESTRUCTIBLE CORK FOR BOTTLES.'

(Application led July 3, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNTTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID CHAMBERS, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IIALF TOSTANLEY CHAMBERS AND BESSIE F. KENT, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

INDESTRUCTIBLE CORK FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,013, dated December31, 1901.

Application filed July 3, 1901.

To @ZZ whom, t may concer/t:

Beitknown that I, DAVID CHAMBERS, a citizen of England, residing at SanJose, county of Santa Clara, State of California, have invented anImprovement in Indestructible Corks for Bottles; and I hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a stopper or cork for bottles and a means forwithdrawing said cork and preserving it from injury.

It consists of the parts and the constructions and combinations of partshereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l is a vertical section through the neck of a bottle embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a similar viewillustrating the method ofwithdrawing the cork.

As shown in the drawings, A represents the neck of a bottle into whichthe stopper 2 is inserted. This stopper is preferably made of thenatural bark of the cork-tree, such as is usually employed for bottles,and is distinguished from artificial substances, such as rubber,leather, wood, or the like. Through this cork two parallel holes aremade longitudinally upon each side of the center, and through theseholes extend the two parts of the wire loop 3, the curvature of which isat the outer end. Vithin the interior these wires pass through a washer4, which is made of any suitable material and is concaved upwardly, sothat the concaved face will contact against the bottom of the cork, andthis serves to prevent the cork from spreading and also keeps it cleanand when the cork is drawn prevents the leaving of small particleswithin the bottle. The inner ends of the wires 3 may be twisted orotherwise secured together beneath the washer, and the loop is of suchlength that it has some longitudinal movement in the cork.

The outer end of the cork has a chamber or depression 5 made in it of adiameter equal to the outside diameter of the loop, so that the lattermay be pushed down into this chamber and its outer end lie below thelevel of the t-op of the cork. This allows the corklabel to be placedover the bottle in the usual manner, and the whole device is thussealed. The label must necessarily be broken before access can be had tothe loop. After this the loop is drawn up so that it projects outside ofthe cork, and it may then be pulled Serial No. 66,989. (No model.)

by a hook-lever, the end of which will engage the loop, and a fulcrumadapted to rest upon the neck of the bottle would serve to give thenecessary power tostart the cork. I have here shown a cord 6 of asufficient strength to pass through the loop, and when 6o the bottle hasbeen filled this cord can be passed down the side of the neck, the loopbeing pushed into place in the chamber or cavity in the top of the cork.The cork-label is then affixed, and the neck label or seal, which iscommon to bottles, will serve to hold the end of the cord until it isdesired to open the bottle, when, both seals being broken, the cord isreleased, and power can be applied to it either by the introduction ofthe 7o ngers of the hand or by application of any other suitable power.This causes the loop to force the concaved disk against the bottom ofthe cork, and thus withdraw the latter intact. The cork thus preservedmay be used indefinitely without injury.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to protectby Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a stopple having par- 8o allel holes extendinglongitudinally through it, and a central recess in its top, a Wirestaple bent to form two parallel legs, slidable through said holes andhaving a greater length than the stopple, and having its ends unitedbelow the stopple, a washer pierced at two points to receive the legs ofthe stopple and carried by the stopple said staple slidable through thestopple in one direction to permit its upper end to enter and beconcealed 9o within said central recess and the washer moved away fromthe stopple, and slidable in an opposite direction to withdraw the upperend of the staple out of the recess and elevate the washer into contactwith the stopple, and a fieXible loop connected with the upper end ofthe staple and serving as means for elevating said staple, said loophaving its outer portion secured along the neck of the bottle by sealingmeans, substantially as herein deloo scribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand. l

DAVID CHAMBERS.

Iitnessesz S. H. NoURsE, JEssIE C. BRODIE.

